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How can it be?

July 1, 2013
By Meliz PLATINUM, Handforth, Other
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Meliz PLATINUM, Handforth, Other
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One second you can conquer the world and suddenly you have never felt so low<br /> .<br /> When you&#039;re surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you&#039;re by yourself.

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How can it be
That you walk in the light
When the false wind blows
And the sea does fight

How can you stand
When a grown man cries
As a body falls down
And the sea just sighs

Why must it be
That a woman so young
Must succumb to her master
And pretend so dumb

Do you listen, oh machine?
To the heart that fades out
Of a child, not yet 10
no quiver, no doubt

I ask of you again,
How you can walk in the light?
how you can fathom much cruelty
Such things are for the night.

© Megan S., Marblehead, MA

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Riella D said...
on Jul. 19 2013 at 4:56 pm
I recieved your message from earlier today, brilliant poem, inspired!